Through the remarkable story of three old friends 'Three Comrades' sketches how the downfall of the Soviet Union, Chechnya's struggle for independence and protracted war have affected people's lives and have lead to many deaths.
The three friends were at the same school together in Grozny, they talked about music and the future, they had no real worries.

Ruslan Chamchoyev was the first of the three comrades to die. In 1995 Ruslan was arrested for no reason by Russian soldiers in the streets and led away. His widow Aminat is now living in Ingushetia with their 12-year-old son.

Ramzan Mezhidov started a career in television. When the city was bombed for the first time, on New Year's Eve 1995, he hid in an empty house and from a window he filmed the destruction of the city, the Russian tanks rolling in. He worked as a cameraman for Grozny TV, as free-lancer for Russian and Germany-TV, up to the last day, when he was killed holding his camera, by a Russian grenade. Hundred of hours of unedited material showing a city that no longer exists and leaders who are no longer alive - these are still in the possession of his widow Liza, who lives with their two daughters in a flat in a town near Moscow.

Islam Bashirov became a doctor. He worked in hospital where they brought in many wounded people, with a lot of children among them. He treated both Russian soldiers and Chechen warriors, who were later to be called 'bandits'. Because of the later he was arrested during his stay in Moscow in 1999. When he was released from the jail, for lack of evidence, he and his family left the country. They are currently living in Holland. He has survived his best friends, who didn't even make it to their 30th birthdays. He has also survived the total destruction of his city. The only thing that is left for him are his memories, photographs and images from the past.